diff --git a/html.go b/html.go
index 2169353..0b375bf 100644
--- a/html.go
+++ b/html.go
@@ -342,12 +342,14 @@ func (options *Html) TableCell(out *bytes.Buffer, text []byte, align int) {
 	out.WriteString("</td>")
 }
 
-func (options *Html) Footnotes(out *bytes.Buffer, text func()) {
+func (options *Html) BeginFootnotes(out *bytes.Buffer) {
 	out.WriteString("<div class=\"footnotes\">\n")
 	options.HRule(out)
 	options.BeginList(out, ListTypeOrdered)
-	text()
-	options.EndList(out, ListTypeOrdered)
+}
+
+func (r *Html) EndFootnotes(out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	r.EndList(out, ListTypeOrdered)
 	out.WriteString("</div>\n")
 }
 
diff --git a/latex.go b/latex.go
index c3f10a9..7f92903 100644
--- a/latex.go
+++ b/latex.go
@@ -168,8 +168,11 @@ func (options *Latex) TableCell(out *bytes.Buffer, text []byte, align int) {
 }
 
 // TODO: this
-func (options *Latex) Footnotes(out *bytes.Buffer, text func()) {
+func (r *Latex) BeginFootnotes(out *bytes.Buffer) {
+}
 
+// TODO: this
+func (r *Latex) EndFootnotes(out *bytes.Buffer) {
 }
 
 func (options *Latex) FootnoteItem(out *bytes.Buffer, name, text []byte, flags ListType) {
diff --git a/markdown.go b/markdown.go
index a4c03ab..caac06d 100644
--- a/markdown.go
+++ b/markdown.go
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ type Renderer interface {
 	TableRow(out *bytes.Buffer, text []byte)
 	TableHeaderCell(out *bytes.Buffer, text []byte, flags int)
 	TableCell(out *bytes.Buffer, text []byte, flags int)
-	Footnotes(out *bytes.Buffer, text func())
+	BeginFootnotes(out *bytes.Buffer)
+	EndFootnotes(out *bytes.Buffer)
 	FootnoteItem(out *bytes.Buffer, name, text []byte, flags ListType)
 	TitleBlock(out *bytes.Buffer, text []byte)
 
@@ -456,21 +457,21 @@ func secondPass(p *parser, input []byte) []byte {
 	p.block(&output, input)
 
 	if p.flags&Footnotes != 0 && len(p.notes) > 0 {
-		p.r.Footnotes(&output, func() {
-			flags := ListItemBeginningOfList
-			for i := 0; i < len(p.notes); i += 1 {
-				ref := p.notes[i]
-				var buf bytes.Buffer
-				if ref.hasBlock {
-					flags |= ListItemContainsBlock
-					p.block(&buf, ref.title)
-				} else {
-					p.inline(&buf, ref.title)
-				}
-				p.r.FootnoteItem(&output, ref.link, buf.Bytes(), flags)
-				flags &^= ListItemBeginningOfList | ListItemContainsBlock
+		p.r.BeginFootnotes(&output)
+		flags := ListItemBeginningOfList
+		for i := 0; i < len(p.notes); i += 1 {
+			ref := p.notes[i]
+			var buf bytes.Buffer
+			if ref.hasBlock {
+				flags |= ListItemContainsBlock
+				p.block(&buf, ref.title)
+			} else {
+				p.inline(&buf, ref.title)
 			}
-		})
+			p.r.FootnoteItem(&output, ref.link, buf.Bytes(), flags)
+			flags &^= ListItemBeginningOfList | ListItemContainsBlock
+		}
+		p.r.EndFootnotes(&output)
 	}
 
 	p.r.DocumentFooter(&output)